A new campaign for Microsoft Office 2010…. web designers and web developers need to know…
http://www.office2010themovie.com/
oh and by the way… you’ll need Microsoft’s Silverlight… not the Flash Player for this one.
widen the margins and increase the font size.
July 15th, 2009
Google plans an operating system (OS)
July 8th, 2009Google already has a mobile OS called ANDROID, and I am sure everyone is familiar with it — but now Google is developing an operating system (OS) for personal computers [ said to be called Google Chrome OS ], in a direct market challenge to the leader Microsoft and Windows OS.
The Google Chrome OS could be on sale by the middle of 2010. With speed, simplicity and security being the main objectives of it’s OS and running on an open source license [ we love open source - for designers and web developers ].
The Google OS is said to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you on to the web in a few seconds. Google’s intent is to redesign the security architecture, so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates. “It should just work,” says Google.
The OS is designed for the web world ! Google is very serious about making the web into a foundation not just for static pages but for active applications [ cloud computing ], and services that reside on the web own such as Google Docs and G-mail.
To sum it all up – we’re very excited ! Google is dropping an OS that seems to work together with cloud computing, active web applications as well as web designed pages. This is definitely part of our future, however how it all plays out we don’t know for sure – but we’re glad Google is working on it and according to Google more than 1.75 million companies use Google apps already !
SocialMediaV.com
July 8th, 2009SocialMediaV is a nice place to track brands social media flows :
http://www.socialmediav.com/search/membername.aspx?id=10006
why is blogging good for business
July 6th, 2009We have all read posts like this before… How can blogging accelerate my business ? How does blogging amplify my voice, and how can I ensure that the right people are reading it ? or that people read it at all ? Is all the time I put into “blogging for business” worth it ?
So there is no secret that a well written blog relative to your business ( mine is web design and digital strategy) can significantly help out your website.
1. It creates fresh content for your website that search engines can eat up
2. It can help form a base of people that would keep coming back to your website for more
3. It is viral – if people like the content they are experiencing they are likely to share it with like-minded people
4. An established blog that is updated regularly gets spidered by Google often, and increases the chances of new search rankings considerably. ( regularly updated blogs can rank #1 in Google for relevant phrases literally within a couple hours of posting )
5. By boosting your topical content, you increase the value and relevance of your site. The more new stuff you add, the more of an authority you make your site, and this helps to improve your overall search rankings.
6. Linking – You can gain valuable inbound linking to your site with your blog
7. By blogging regularly about your industry you will help to establish yourself as an expert- an active blog can help people relate to you and trust you.
So why don’t we blog as much as we want to or not at all ?
1. It takes a lot of time to get some useful content out there… might be the biggest reason. However once you are set-up it can be mixed into your daily or weekly activities with very little effort at all.
So keep blogging — and include your keywords in your blog post titles and content… and watch your business climb to the top of search results. You are adding valuable content to the internet, sharing your ideas with like minded-people, and becomming a trusted source of information !
